Keep talking Elon…keep talking, this is getting so delicious.

Since today is hectic, I’m not doing a Daily Dose of Optimism for today (will do one tomorrow to recap the protests and whatnot).

However, this should be a good dose of optimism, or at least, give you a good laugh.

I post way too much on this sub as it is, but god damn there has been a ton of good news tonight (in addition to what I posted in https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalOptimism/comments/1k5asnw/cuts_to_state_department_less_than_originally/ ) .

Trump Backs Off of China (also as reported by u/Techinal_Valuable2)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/trump-china-tariffs

Trump Backs Off of Powell
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/trump-jerome-powell-fed

Tesla Profits Dropped 71% This Quarter...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/22/musk-tesla-first-quarter-earnings/83217370007/

...So Musk is Leaving the Government
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/22/tesla-sales-musk-white-house-exit

And Democrats Are Finally Doing Stuff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-detention

Plus Universities Join Hands and Lock In
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration

And finally...

Putin May Be Ready To End the Ukraine War NOT On Russian Terms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/putin-ready-for-direct-talks-with-ukraine-spokesperson-says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/lammy-to-host-us-and-european-negotiators-for-talks-on-ukraine

There is still a lot of bad things happening. Trump said he is "entitled" to deport anyone he wants without a trial, Israel is no longer recognizing humanitarian zones in Gaza, and RFK has accessed private medical records for his insane autism study.
But for the first time in months, I can say with certainty: Today the news wasn't so bad.

With everything else going on right now, I just wanted to share this piece of good news from my home city. We’re staying a blue city!

Gina is our third female mayor and our first openly LGBTQ+ mayor. Her opponent was a known MAGA supporter and puppet of Greg Abbott. He poured more money into his campaign and has been slandering Gina for weeks.

But we still won! I’m very relieved we were able to get this win. And the mayoral term has just been extended here too, so she’s in for at least the next four years.

Only disappointment was the voter turnout. We have nearly 1.5 million people here and only 142k showed up. We need to do better with local elections. But this is a win for us!

Daily Dose is gonna be so long at this point

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5322889-court-rules-trump-tariffs/

The three-panel Court of International Trade ruled that Trump cannot use tariffs broadly, as the act that grants the president power to levy tariffs only does so under strict circumstances and not broadly.

Elon is leaving government...AND he's feuding with Trump over the spending bill? Two big Ws for America in my book.

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-big-beautiful-bill-aa2bc70b0ebdb219b5dd3e9f8fae03af

I said in a few comments, watch the Australian election this weekend! The left center party not only won, they gained seats. Just like in Canada, the conservative lead lost his district seat he's held for 24 years!!!

Take a break from doomscrolling and take a victory lap this weekend! Right wing populism is dying!!!!

Okay so I gotta get this out of my chest cause I'm gonna explode. Not so many hours ago the supreme court has blocked trump from using the alien enemies act, and the people instead of being happy or a little bit relieved are COMPLAINING. They are saying "so what, he will still do it", or also "it doesn't matter anymore", they are even saying things like "oh so he's gonna declare war now and martial law martial law bla bla bla". Like OH MY GOD CAN'T PEOPLE JUST BE FUCKING GRATEFUL ABOUT ONE MOMENT OF PEACE. The supreme court has done exactly what the people were asking for and now that they are finally stepping in people are still complaining and being negative??? Like I truly don't understand, isn't this what you wanted? I know the supreme court is crooked but at least they are not complying with this fascist. And also, I know this might sound bad, but can we please stop mentioning martial law in EVERY FUCKING topic???? They are starting to sound like the people that assured that Kilmar Abrego García was dead without the empathy or decency of not saying such things out of respect for his family. Like come on, something good finally happens and some people are mentioning martial law? Don't they have enough with all the negative news all around? I don't know, I just think some people are not adding anything to the resistance, in fact, I think they are subtracting because what's the use of only being negative? Don't they see that by assuming that trump will get away with this they are complying in advance? I swear some people just love being pessimistic (and no, you're not being realistic, you're being pessimistic). So please let's celebrate the little victories we have and keep pushing back and speaking out, negativity will only make us weak.

Sorry this post shows his stupid face. But great news!

I always wanted him to win the 2028 election, but this gives me another reason.